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(Photo by Taylor Hill/WireImage)Kate Beckinsale has marked a year since her stepfather’s death with an honest and emotional message, detailing what it was like watching him as well as her father die.
The actress shared a picture of her late stepfather, Roy Batterseathrough her Instagram account on Friday, January 10. In the image, Roy is seen wearing a novelty shirt that reads, “World’s best farter. Father” and he smiles while holding a bouquet of flowers.
“Finding my father’s dead body alone in the middle of the night at the age of five shaped my whole life. Seeing my beloved stepfather die one year ago today will haunt me forever,” Beckinsale, 51, wrote in the lengthy tribute. “It seems terribly careless that I managed to be present for both deaths and was unable to stop either, the second time trying with everything I had. It wasn’t enough.”
The Black Happy the actress reflected on her grief and sense of loss at the death of Battersy, who died in Los Angeles in January 2024 following a “short illness.”
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Max Mara Kate Beckinsale mourns the death of her stepfather, British director Roy Battersby. “I have no words yet. Thank you @katebeckinsale_slovakia2 for doing this beautiful thing,” Beckinsale, 50, captioned an Instagram video of Battersby made by a fan account on Monday, January 15. “I fought for you with everything (…)
“In the process of losing my dear Roy I lost family, friendships, at times my own health, and all the money I had because of how disgusting the American health care system is for the uninsured. We would do it again. No question. I can’t help feeling like I’ve failed terribly,” she wrote
Beckinsale went on to explain that she is leaning on what she can to “comfort” herself, telling herself that Battersy is ready for the end of his life and that she is “at peace with it.”
“It feels like a lie I’m telling myself to try to feel better, though. Maybe unfortunately I’m not enlightened enough to sell that to myself because of my sense of loss, guilt and failure,” he admitted.
The year since Battersy’s death was a hard pill to swallow, according to Beckinsale.
MICHAEL TRAN / AFP via Getty Images UPDATE: 1/19/24 at 12:45 pm ET One day after Beckinsale shared her frustrations with BAFTA over honoring her late stepfather, the awards show has decided to pay tribute to him at a later ceremony . “We were very sorry to hear of the recent death of Roy Battersby – he was famous (…)
“It’s a difficult day to talk about our nascent and precious tragedy, but given that we can’t save it, I’ll be remiss if I’m not going to honor it in some small way,” he continued. “He taught me how to be brave. He taught me that it doesn’t matter if people don’t like you as long as you do the right thing, he lost everything fighting for justice for the trade unions, for the Palestinians in the ’70s, living with them in refugee camps in Lebanon for several years making his 1977 documentary “The Palestinian”, fighting for the miners to lose everything in the strikes.”
He concluded, “I am so lucky to have been brought up by someone who uncompromisingly knew what was right and lived it. And loves me. Thank you for being my father. I miss you so much.”
